历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-12-08

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December 8th, 1941, America enters World War Ⅱ as Congress declares war on Japan, a day after its attack on Pearl Harbor. President Franklin D. Roosevelt tells lawmakers during a joint² session in Washington. “With confidence in our arm forces, with the unbounding determinations of our people, we will gain the inevitable³ triumph, so help us God.” Days later, the U.S. declares war on Nazi⁴ Germany and Fascist⁵ Italy after Japan’s Axis⁶ partners declare war on America.

And 1980, (imagine all the people, living life in peace) shock and grief around the wolf after the murder of a music icon⁷ in New York. Rock star John Lennon, former member of the Beatles, is shot to death outside his apartment building. His killer⁸, Mark David Chapman, an apparently⁹ deranged¹⁰ fan. Lennon was 40 years old.

Today in history. December 8th. Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.

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